‘Zero Tolerance’ Immigration Policy Surprised Officials

“The Trump administration did not tell key government agencies about its ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy before publicly announcing it in April, leaving the officials responsible for carrying it out unprepared to handle the resulting separations of thousands of children from their families,” the New York Times reports.

“Because they did not know about the ‘zero tolerance’ policy in advance, officials at the Department of Homeland Security said, they did not take steps to prepare for the resulting family separations.”